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India v South Africa @ MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
26, 27, 28, 29, 30 March 2008 (five-day match)
Toss: South Africa (bat)
Umpires: SJA Taufel, BF Bowden, Asad Rauf, AL Hill
Third Umpire: de Duncan, Amish Saheba
Match Referee: Chris Broad, Roshan Mahanama
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Graeme Smith | c VVS Laxman b Anil Kumble | 73 | 97 | 157 | 13 | - |
| 2. Neil McKenzie | c Rahul Dravid b Harbhajan Singh | 94 | 156 | 230 | 18 | - |
| 3. Hashim Amla | run out (Sreesanth > MS Dhoni > Anil Kumble) | 159 | 262 | 406 | 20 | - |
| 4. Jacques Kallis | c Wasim Jaffer b Harbhajan Singh | 13 | 42 | 57 | 1 | - |
| 5. Ashwell Prince | c & b Anil Kumble | 23 | 60 | 68 | 2 | - |
| 6. AB de Villiers | c MS Dhoni b Sreesanth | 44 | 58 | 66 | 8 | - |
| +7. Mark Boucher | c Rahul Dravid b Virender Sehwag | 70 | 146 | 216 | 9 | - |
| 8. Morne Morkel | c & b Harbhajan Singh | 35 | 54 | 91 | 7 | - |
| 9. Paul Harris | c MS Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh | 5 | 16 | 26 | - | - |
| 10. Dale Steyn | c Rudra Singh b Harbhajan Singh | 15 | 21 | 22 | 3 | - |
| 11. Makhaya Ntini | not out | 1 | 6 | 10 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-132 (Graeme Smith), 2-196 (Neil McKenzie), 3-244 (Jacques Kallis), 4-291 (Ashwell Prince), 5-357 (AB de Villiers), 6-456 (Hashim Amla), 7-510 (Mark Boucher), 8-520 (Morne Morkel), 9-529 (Paul Harris), 540 (Dale Steyn). |
| Extras | 1b, 5lb, 1w, 1nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 152.5 ovs, 679 mins) 540 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Rudra Singh | 23 | 1 | 111 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sreesanth | 26 | 5 | 104 | 1 | (1w,1nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 45 | 11 | 106 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Harbhajan Singh | 44.5 | 4 | 164 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Virender Sehwag | 11 | 1 | 37 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sourav Ganguly | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Wasim Jaffer | c Jacques Kallis b Paul Harris | 73 | 166 | 250 | 6 | 1 |
| 2. Virender Sehwag | c Neil McKenzie b Makhaya Ntini | 319 | 304 | 530 | 42 | 5 |
| 3. Rahul Dravid | c Jacques Kallis b Makhaya Ntini | 111 | 291 | 396 | 15 | - |
| 4. Sachin Tendulkar | c Jacques Kallis b Makhaya Ntini | 0 | 5 | 9 | - | - |
| 5. Sourav Ganguly | c Mark Boucher b Paul Harris | 24 | 29 | 56 | 4 | - |
| 6. VVS Laxman | c & b Paul Harris | 39 | 64 | 162 | 4 | - |
| +7. MS Dhoni | c Mark Boucher b Dale Steyn | 16 | 33 | 49 | 2 | - |
| *8. Anil Kumble | b Dale Steyn | 3 | 18 | 23 | - | - |
| 9. Harbhajan Singh | b Dale Steyn | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| 10. Rudra Singh | b Dale Steyn | 0 | 8 | 8 | - | - |
| 11. Sreesanth | not out | 4 | 15 | 25 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-213 (Wasim Jaffer), 2-481 (Virender Sehwag), 3-481 (Sachin Tendulkar), 4-526 (Sourav Ganguly), 5-573 (Rahul Dravid), 6-598 (MS Dhoni), 7-610 (Anil Kumble), 8-610 (Harbhajan Singh), 627 (VVS Laxman). |
| Extras | 20b, 10lb, 4w, 4nb, 0pen) 38 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 155.1 ovs, 760 mins) 627 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dale Steyn | 32 | 3 | 103 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Makhaya Ntini | 28 | 3 | 128 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Morne Morkel | 25 | 4 | 76 | 0 | (1w,2nb) |
| Paul Harris | 53.1 | 6 | 203 | 3 | (1w,2nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 14 | 0 | 71 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ashwell Prince | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Neil McKenzie | not out | 155 | 339 | 445 | 13 | 1 |
| *2. Graeme Smith | lbw b Harbhajan Singh | 35 | 30 | 60 | 5 | - |
| 3. Hashim Amla | c Rahul Dravid b Anil Kumble | 81 | 148 | 200 | 9 | - |
| 4. Jacques Kallis | c Rudra Singh b Harbhajan Singh | 19 | 40 | 69 | 1 | - |
| 5. Ashwell Prince | c Wasim Jaffer b Harbhajan Singh | 5 | 11 | 12 | 1 | - |
| 6. AB de Villiers | c Sourav Ganguly b Virender Sehwag | 11 | 41 | 50 | - | - |
| +7. Mark Boucher | not out | 11 | 46 | 50 | - | - |
| 8. Makhaya Ntini | ||||||
| 9. Dale Steyn | ||||||
| 10. Morne Morkel | ||||||
| 11. Paul Harris |
| FOW | 1-53 (Graeme Smith), 2-210 (Hashim Amla), 3-264 (Jacques Kallis), 4-272 (Ashwell Prince), 5-306 (AB de Villiers). |
| Extras | 8b, 5lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 109 ovs, 445 mins) 331 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sreesanth | 12 | 0 | 42 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Rudra Singh | 9 | 1 | 43 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Harbhajan Singh | 34 | 1 | 101 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sourav Ganguly | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 20 | 2 | 57 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Virender Sehwag | 22 | 2 | 55 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| VVS Laxman | 10 | 2 | 19 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
India:
Wasim Jaffer, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, MS Dhoni, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Rudra Singh, Sreesanth